Party drugs MDMA and ecstasy killed nine people across the south east in 2016.

The drugs claimed the life of one person in the borough of Epsom and Ewell and another in Hart, official figures have revealed.

Last year had the highest death count from the drugs in the south east in a decade since 2007, when eight people died after using the drugs, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.

The 2016 figure is up from eight deaths in 2015, and just two deaths in 2010.